Indonesia rejects high mercaptan gasoline

摘要

Singapore—Indonesian national oil company Pertamina over the past month has turned away at least three MR tankers carrying gasoline due to high levels of mercaptan sulfur—a foul-smelling compound that can cause fuelinjection systems in vehicles to corrode. It is not immediately clear how many cargoes Pertamina has rejected so far in total, besides the three that were shipped from Singapore, industry sources familiar with the matter said this week.